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ther of the late Lieut. Col. Inglis Hamilton of the Scots Greys, who fell at the battle of Waterloo.

Dec. 7. At Newburgh, Fife, Mrs Catharine Anderson, relict of the deceased Captain J. Haliburton.

10. At Penzance, in Cornwall, Susanna Weahams, wife of Captain Haliday, Royal Navy.

11. At his seat, Grange Hall, near Rotheram, the Right Hon. Richard Howard, Earl Effingham, F. S. A. His Lordship held the office of Treasurer to the Queen.

16. At Nice, in the 33d year of her age, Mary, wife of Rear-Admiral Foote, and el. dest daughter of the late Admiral Philip

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29. At Portland Place, Leith, Mr James Sibbald, master of the smack Delight, in the 43d year of his age.

30. At her house, George's Square, Mrs Mary Stephen, relict of Sir John Nucoll, Esq. late of Alloa.

1817. Jan. 2. In the 66th year of his age, Sir Martin Stapylton, Bart. of Myton Hall, in the county of York.

3. At Paisley, Mrs Buchanan of Arden. At his house at Portobello, James Farquharson, Esq. of Inverey.

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-In Prince's Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Mary Brown, widow of the Rev. Samuel Brown, of Barharrow, late minister of, Kirkmabreck.

4. In the 77th year of his age, Sir Ar thur Owen, Bart. He is succeeded in his title by his nephew, William Owen, of the Temple, barrister at law.

5. At St Bernard's Row, Edinburgh, in the 22d year of his age, James, second son of the late Archibald Graham, Esq. banker, Glasgow.

Lately, At London, Mr Samuel Horsfall, formerly clerk for 27 years to the Right Hon. William Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court in Scotland.

At. Wetherden Parsonage, the Lady of the Hon. and Rev. Henry Leslie.

At Ganjam, in India, Dr James Sibbald, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

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SCOTS MAGAZINE,

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Edinburgh Literary Miscellany,

FOR FEBRUARY 1817.
With a View of the EDINBURGH CATHOLIC CHAPEL.

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On the Benefits arising from the Study of Language,

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On the Coincidence to be traced be-
tween the Ancient Roman, Grecian,
and Druidical Mythologies,
Duty paid by the different Offices for
Fire Insurance for one year, from
Michaelmas 1815, to Michaelmas
1816,...........
Geographical and Statistical Intelli-
gence: the Carpathian Mountains,
-Giant's Causeway-Survey of In-
dia-Travels in Southern Africa,..... 102
Laws relative to the Election of Bish-
ops, and the Exercise of the Catho-
fie Religion in the different States
on the Continent,......................................
Plan of a Communication by Steam-
boats between Leith and Greenock,.. 106
On the Advantages of a General Asso-
ciation of Literary Men,
Reports of the different public Bodies
in Edinburgh, on the proposed Al-
teration in the Police Bill,............ 111
Notices of Eminent Persons recently
deceased :-Dolomieu-Dr Ramsay,
the American Historian-Captain
Tuckey-Letter from him,............ 114

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Scots Magazine,

AND

EDINBURGH LITERARY MISCELLANY,

For FEBRUARY 1817.

Description of the EDINBURGH

Catholic Chapel.

THE Edinburgh Catholic Chapel was built in 1813, upon a plan of Mr Gillespie, Architect. A greater measure of ornament was introduced into the original plan; but the funds, which were raised partly by subscription, would not admit of such an expense. The dimensions within the walls are 100 feet in length by 52 feet in breadth.

This little Chapel was so much admired, that it has led to the general adoption, throughout the country, of the Gothic style in the architecture of churches. The Catholic Chapel at Glasgow, designed by the same architect, is, we have been told, the most magnificent modern church in Scotland.

The interior is ornamented by a very fine original painting of Vandyke, representing Dead Christ in the lap of the Virgin. The figures are as large as life, and the picture in perfect preservation.

an eye-witness, an officer in the German legion, and from the best works in English, French, and German literature, on the Spanish campaign: Prague, 1816." The present work corresponds very ill to this title-page; out of which the word life ought certainly to have been expunged; altho' the writer would have us believe, that up to this moment the virtue and fame of his hero had been wholly unknown, and that he had sprung upon us at once as a complete Minerva, from the brain of Jupiter: whereas the fact is, that neither the achievements nor the private life of this celebrated commander are secrets to any one. He quotes, as sources of his information, the Quarterly Review, the Edinburgh Annual Register, Rocca's Memoirs of the war of the French in Spain, Sarrazin's history of the Spanish war, Dr Adam Neal's letters from Portugal and Spain, Bolgmann's Travels through Portugal and Spain, and the Moniteur. The fact is, however, that these writings have been little resorted to, and that the work is drawn up almost entirely from the MS. of the Hanoverian officer who served in the Spanish war, and relates almost solely to

Critical Notices of Recent Works in the facts which came under his notice.

GERMAN Literature.

From the German.

IFE and Campaigns of Marshal Wellington, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo. Drawn up from the report of

As his observations, however, appear to be accurate, and his report faithful, this work forms a useful contribution to the history of the Spanish campaign; only it ought to have been given for what it is, not for a life of

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Lord Wellington. He has shewn himself unacquainted with the titles of his hero, in representing him only as a Spanish Duke, whereas he is also Duke of Wellington in Great Britain. The portrait on the titlepage has a distant resemblance; but, after the much superior prints of this subject which have been published, a much better one might have been easily made.

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"The New Birth of Germany, published and celebrated in a series of Sermons, through the course of the never-to-be-forgotten year 1813. By Joh. Heinr. Bernh. Dräseke. 1814." "Thoughts, or Sermons on the events of the year 1813 and 1814. By J. Ch. Spiess. 1815."-" Sermons on the events so joyful to our native land, of the years 1813 and 1814. By P. Wille, Preacher in Cassel. 1815." With feeling, with enthusiasm, with warm overflowing eloquence, the first of these preachers animates his countrymen in the glorious resistance which they were then making; awakening, rousing, exhorting, inspiring them to action. These sermons were intended to be publish ed at the very period of the events to which they refer; but this was prevented by the occupation of Hamburgh by the French. The delay is to be regretted, so well are they calculated to inspire their readers with high enterprize, or virtuous shame, to encourage or to console them. One tone breathes through the whole :to love, to labour, to fight, to sacrifice ourselves for our native land, and to find a reward in the approbation of our own conscience, and in the favour of God. If the preacher goes thus through a narrow round of ideas, this cannot be imputed as a blame, since it necessarily arises from the object which he has in view. The tone of these discourses may be guessed from their texts, of which the following are some:"The measure will soon be full," (on Trinity Sunday 1812.)

"Be welcome, thou fair futurity," (on New Year's Day 1813.) "The Star of Life shines on us," (Epiphany.) "He who loves God, must take up his cross," (Good Friday.) "Where is thy triumph, oh Death? and oh Hell, where is thy victory?"

The sermons of M. D. Spiess do not attach themselves to the immediate events of the day, but rather call to recollection those which have already elapsed. This collection of sermons may therefore serve, to the citizens of Frankfort, as a species of religious chronicle of the late eventful years. We recognize throughout, the earnestness, the candid and virtuous zeal of the preacher. The sermons of M. Wille, are similar in object and spirit to those already noticed. A well-meaning man, he studies, in plain unadorned language, to draw instruction and encouragement from the passing events.

"Journal of a Tour through part of Germany, and through Italy, in the years 1804-5, by Eliza Von der Recke. Edited by Counsellor Bottinger. 3 vols. Berlin. 1815." The authoress undertook these travels for the restoration of her health; for which purpose the warm climate of Italy, and the baths of Ischia, appeared likely to be serviceable. Probably the travelling, as travelling, had a considerable influence in ber determination. In going from Bayreuth to Rome, she employed nearly three months; in Rome, which she reached on the 8th November 1804, she remained till the 19th May, and she continued from that time till the 15th November 1805 at Naples and Ischia. During all this period, the writing of her journal was never interrupted by any species of indisposition. Few days pass in vain, and the greater part of the communications, sometimes the easy effusions of an elegant mind, sometimes views and descriptions of external objects of nature, art, of men and their motives of

action,

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